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Snap Counts: Griffen, Wonnum Split Reps; Bynum Makes Defensive Debut

EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings nabbed their first win of the season Sunday.

Here's a look at Minnesota's snap counts from the 30-17 victory over Seattle in Week 3:

— Kirk Cousins and the starting offensive line also took all 75 offensive snaps as the Vikings racked up 453 yards of offense.

— Adam Thielen was on the field for 72 snaps, and Justin Jefferson played 62 snaps. K.J. Osborn played 36 snaps and had a pair of clutch third-down conversions. Dede Westbrook played four snaps.

— Tyler Conklin played 54 snaps as he contributed career bests of seven catches for 70 yards. He also caught his second career touchdown. Ben Ellefson was on the field for a season-high 30 offensive snaps. Chris Herndon played a dozen snaps for the third straight week.

— Alexander Mattison played 51 snaps and put up 171 yards from scrimmage in place of an injured Dalvin Cook. C.J. Ham and Ameer Abdullah each played 22 snaps on offense.

— Defensively, the Vikings had six players — Eric Kendricks, Nick Vigil, Xavier Woods, Harrison Smith, Patrick Peterson and Baushad Breeland — who were on the field for all 53 snaps. Most of their work came in the first half when Seattle ran 33 plays. Breeland played a full game for the first time this season.

— Mackensie Alexander played 44 snaps in the slot for the second straight week. Cameron Dantzler didn't play on defense after being on the field for 16 snaps against Arizona.

View game action photos of the Vikings before the team's home opener at U.S. Bank Stadium against the Seahawks.

— Danielle Hunter nearly played the whole game at 51 snaps. D.J. Wonnum got the start but ended up playing the same amount of snaps (34) as Everson Griffen, who recorded his first sack of the year. Stephen Weatherly played just eight snaps.

— Dalvin Tomlinson and Michael Pierce started at defensive tackle, but it was Sheldon Richardson who played the most snaps there at 26. Tomlinson played 25 and Pierce played 21.

— Blake Lynch played nine snaps as the third linebacker in the base defense. No other linebacker played on defense.

— Camryn Bynum made his defensive debut with five snaps at safety.

— Lynch also led all Vikings players in special teams snaps for the third straight week. He had 19. Bynum, Troy Dye, Kris Boyd and Ryan Connelly all played 15 snaps apiece on special teams.

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